Predictive accuracy and feasibility of risk stratification scores for 28-day mortality of patients with sepsis in an emergency department

European Journal of Emergency Medicine

Volumn 22, Issue 5, 2015, Pages 331-337

  Hilderink, Michelle J M ^a   Roest, Asselina A ^a   Hermans, Maud ^a   Keulemans, Yolande C ^a   Stehouwer, Coen D A ^a   Stassen, Patricia M ^a  

^a MAASTRICHT UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

emergency department; feasibility; mortality; scoring systems; sepsis; validity

Indexed keywords

ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; UREA;

ADULT; ANTIBIOTIC THERAPY; APACHE; ARTICLE; BLOOD PRESSURE; BREATHING RATE; COHORT ANALYSIS; CONFUSION; EMERGENCY WARD; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MORTALITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCORING SYSTEM; SEPSIS; AGED; AREA UNDER THE CURVE; CASE CONTROL STUDY; EMERGENCY HEALTH SERVICE; FEASIBILITY STUDY; HOSPITAL MORTALITY; MIDDLE AGED; NETHERLANDS; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; PREDICTIVE VALUE; RECEIVER OPERATING CHARACTERISTIC; RISK ASSESSMENT; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; SHOCK, SEPTIC; SURVIVAL ANALYSIS; UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL; VERY ELDERLY;

ACADEMIC MEDICAL CENTERS; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; APACHE; AREA UNDER CURVE; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; EMERGENCY SERVICE, HOSPITAL; FEASIBILITY STUDIES; FEMALE; HOSPITAL MORTALITY; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NETHERLANDS; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; RISK ASSESSMENT; ROC CURVE; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SEPSIS; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; SHOCK, SEPTIC; SURVIVAL ANALYSIS;

EID: 84940999707     PISSN: 09699546     EISSN: 14735695     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/MEJ.0000000000000185     Document Type: Article

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